The Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the principal legal advisor to the

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of the

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. The holder of the office is invariably a

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in Scotland. Day-to-day advice is given by the Church's own Law Department, headed by the Solicitor to the Church; the Procurator can be called on for specialist advice. The current procurator is Laura Dunlop KC. Former procurators include Lord Davidson, Lord Penrose and

Lord Hodge Patrick Stewart Hodge, Lord Hodge, PC (born 19 May 1953) is a British lawyer, currently serving as Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Early life Hodge was educated at Croftinloan School, an independent junior boardin ...

List of Procurators

Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Volume X, Ministers of the Church from 1 January 1955 to 31 December 1975, page 458 ''Incomplete'' *1638 Archibald Johnston of Warriston (executed 22 July 1663) *1706-1731 John Dundas *1731-1745 Wlliam Grant *1746-1778 David Dalrymple *1778-1806 William Robertson *1806-1831 Sir John Connell *1831-1856 Robert Bell *1856-1869 Alexander Shank Cook *1869-1880 Robert Lee *1880-1886 William Mackintosh *1886-1891 Sir Charles Pearson *1891-1906 Sir John Cheyne *1907-1918 Sir Christopher Nicolson Johnston *1918-1922 William Watson *1929-1936 Sir William Chree KC LLD *1936-1937 Sir Archibald Campbell Black KC *1938-1948

James Frederick Strachan James Frederick Strachan, Lord Strachan LLD (1894–1978) was a 20th-century Scottish law lord who served as a Senator of the College of Justice. Life He was born in 1894 the son of James Kelt Strachan of Errol (1860-1932) and his wife, Eli ...

KC *1949-1957 Sir James Randal Philip OBE KC *1958-1968 Thomas Pringle McDonald QC *1969-1972 William Robertson Grieve QC *1972-

Charles Kemp Davidson The Hon Charles Kemp Davidson, Lord Davidson FRSE (13 April 1929 – 18 June 2009) was a Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice and Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. He was Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission 1988 t ...

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